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Need proof of insurance to show police? Look no further than your cellphone. A new law allows drivers to show electronic proof of coverage on cellphones, tablets and other electronic devices. However, the law didn't match the administrative rules of the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. Those rules, which date back to 1989, require drivers to carry a paper identification card that lists personal-injury protection benefits, property-damage liability insurance providers and policy numbers, in addition to the vehicle year, make and vehicle identification number.

It's about to get a little less crowded - and maybe less dangerous - on the Broadwalk. Citing safety concerns, Hollywood commissioners tentatively approved a ban Wednesday on high-speed motorized vehicles they say have turned the city's popular beachside promenade into a danger zone. The ban could become law at a second hearing next month. Under the new rules, three-wheel Trikkes, electric bicycles, scooters and other motorized vehicles would no longer be allowed on the Broadwalk.

When visiting your local Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles office, remember to veer clear of, ahem, gear shifters. An off-duty cop intervened when he spotted a revved-up man, identified as Edward Michael Alvin, 34, masturbating in the lobby of a suburban West Palm Beach DMV office -- in front of several people, deputies said, reports the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. The cop abruptly made him apply the hand brake, according to the report. Get the DUHtails at the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.

Glove boxes or wallets could be a little less cluttered under a proposal going before the state Cabinet on Tuesday. The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles will ask Gov. Rick Scott, Attorney General Pam Bondi, Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater and Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam to sign off on a proposal that would allow people to display electronic copies of their motor-vehicle insurance through cell phones, tablets or...

TALLAHASSEE – A Fort Lauderdale man is suing the state for suspending his driver's license — and imposing the same penalty on more than 211,000 other Floridians. Reginald Foster and the American Civil Liberties Union are challenging a Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles policy of suspending the driver's license of people who have outstanding court costs without first checking to see if the person can afford to pay the fees. Punishing people who can't afford to pay is unconstitutional, the ACLU maintains.

After pulling over a stolen silver Hyundai and finding a 14-year-old behind the wheel, police arrested the 35-year-old passenger — putting the brakes on a driving lesson. Walter R. Tillman told an officer a car picked him up in Delray Beach and the next thing he knew, he was being pulled over "for no reason. " He refused to give any explanation of the car's owner or driver, according to his Boynton Beach Police arrest report. Tillman now is charged with grand theft of a vehicle for the alleged joyride.

The FHP trooper who pulled over a speeding cop at gunpoint, prompting a public furor as well as a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation, has settled her lawsuit with Lauderhill for $7,500 after one of its detectives improperly used official records to obtain personal information about her. Lauderhill city officials confirmed the settlement with Trooper Donna "Jane" Watts, who accused police Detective Richard Allen Sessions of accessing her driver's...

If you were knocked out in a car crash or were a victim of a natural disaster like a hurricane, would responders know how to reach your next of kin? The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles is offering a free emergency contact registry service to state residents. You can make signing up a part of your hurricane preparedness. Register your emergency contacts online at https://services.flhsmv.gov/eci/ or in driver license offices. It's fast, easy and all you need is a current driver's license or ID card to list up to two contacts.

Julie Jones' reaction to lawmakers getting leniency from Florida Highway Patrol troopers reminded us of the scene in "Casablanca," the one where Capt. Renault claims to be "shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on" in Rick's Cafe. Jones heads the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, which includes the Highway Patrol. Which, we now know, has an "unwritten agency policy that troopers should exercise professional courtesy toward state legislators because the Legislature controls the agency's funding and gives raises to troopers.

The Memorial Day weekend is coming up and state troopers are cracking down. Their target: those who refuse to wear seat belts. Last year, there were 205,633 of you. And that doesn't sit well with the Florida Highway Patrol, which is participating along with local police agencies in the national "Click It or Ticket" campaign. It's intended to get all drivers and passengers to fasten their seat belts every time they enter a car. "The patrol is committed to making the roadways safer through the use of education and enforcement campaigns," said agency director Col. David Brierton.